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Pom Poko
The story begins in late 1960s Japan, followings a community of magical shape-shifting raccoon dogs as they band together to save their forest homeland from the bulldozers of greedy land developers.
















6 November 1925, Dalian, Liaoning, China

18 September 1946, Kanagawa, Japan

20 September 1935, Borger, Texas, USA

2 January 1915, Nagano, Japan

29 May 1931, Kyoto, Japan

8 September 1972, Tokyo, Japan

1 July 1952, Jerusalem, Israel

22 September 1944, USA

16 July 1943, Sakai, Japan

2 October 1962, Houston, Texas, USA

20 June 1951, Chicago, Illinois, USA

5 January 1995, Sarasota, Florida, USA

11 April 1924, Chuo-ku, Tokyo, Japan


18 March 1960, Tokyo, Japan

30 March 1967, Tokyo, Japan

25 October 1964, Bronx, New York City, New York, USA

23 May 1984, San Dimas, California, USA

5 January 1959, Urbana, Ohio, USA

5 June 1992, Lakewood, California, USA

20 September 1966, Los Angeles, California, USA

1 September 1956, Los Angeles, California, USA

27 April 1931, Tokyo, Japan

22 November 1956, USA

10 March 1938, Bunkyo, Tokyo, Japan



September 04, 2005
smart, stylishly trippy
February 20, 2014
By no means a particularly good film...But as a cultural curiosity and a showcase for stunningly bizarre animation, there's nothing else quite like it.
August 23, 2005
Deeply affecting and visually mesmerizing, this is one of the best animated movies I've ever seen.
January 05, 2012
Its ecological concerns, nuance and occasional lyricism place it squarely within the Ghibli oeuvre but not among its masterpieces.
May 26, 2010
An excellent contribution to Ghibli's legacy of pro-environment fables about the magic of the natural world and the emptiness of crowded cities.
April 29, 2009
A fun, funny and sad commentary on society, Asian society, and the environment...
February 11, 2015
Anime tale with environmental message; some peril, sadness.
November 27, 2015
A consistently and thoroughly interminable animated endeavor...